Portland’s Kaleigh Colson will be among those lauded by Obama for their activism.
2011
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Train officials consider options in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — The New England Passenger Rail Authority is considering alternative sites for a proposed Downeaster train layover and maintenance facility that has upset some homeowners in neighborhoods off Route 1. Alternative sites will be discussed at a public forum at 7 tonight in the Town Council chambers at Maine Street Station. “We will be […]
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Michelle Obama encourages young Africans
She tells participants at a leadership conference that there still are injustices that need to be challenged.
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Ex-agency head faces questions
The former director of a special education agency in Massachusetts allegedly enriched himself and others.
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Bachmann’s low-key presidential bid baffles observers
DES MOINES, Iowa – When Michele Bachmann formally kicks off her bid for the White House on Monday in Iowa, she’ll do so after allowing precious weeks to pass without having established the presence needed in the state to woo the GOP activists considered key to winning its leadoff caucuses. Bachmann’s slow open has left […]
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Existing-illness insurance scours Maine for clients
With only 14 subscribers so far, officials believe many people don’t know about the federally subsidized health program.
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Nation Dispatches, June 23, 2011
CAMP VERDE, Ariz. Self-help guru found guilty in sweat lodge deaths A self-help guru was found guilty of three counts of negligent homicide Wednesday in a case that shined a spotlight on a deadly Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that ended in chaos. Jurors reached their verdict with remarkable swiftness: They took less than 10 hours […]
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Briefcase, June 23, 2011
Maine home sales drop 28 percent from May 2010 Statistics show that home sales in Maine fell 28 percent last month compared to a year earlier, while the median sales price dropped just over 2 percent. The Maine Association of Realtors says real estate agents in May sold 784 existing single-family homes, down from 1,090 […]
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Local Motorsports: Babb benefits from crashes, moves on up
Brad Babb, a teenager from Windham, broke into the top five of the American Canadian Tour standings last weekend. Babb, the regional Late Model tour’s reigning rookie of the year, took advantage when accidents knocked Brent Dragon and Joey Polewarczyk out of last Saturday night’s 150-lapper at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H. […]